Peggs is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Peggs
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Peggs

How popular is Peggs?

Peggs is ranked 284811 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Peggs bearers increased by 1.796407 per cent in 2010 US census to 510 since 2000, the surname slipped by 1451 spots and ranked at 42511. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 82.55 85.43
Black 13.92 12.38
Hispanic or Latino 1.76 0
Others 1.18 1.4
Peggs is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Scotland. Around 1068 people have been found who wears Peggs as their family name. Peggs have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
67,494 South Africa3
50,640 Switzerland2
56,169 Mexico1
77,122 Sweden1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,780 Scotland46
8,504 Ireland33
67,388 Australia26
20,041 New Zealand24
133,639 Canada18
Countries with hundreds of Peggs:
46,476 United States581
16,723 England333

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Peggs worked as gardner/grower and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Londonderry on Fanny and arrived on April 16, 1851.

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